Through-Bond Exchange Coupling and Triplet Excitons in a Dinuclear Copper(II) Macrocyclic Complex.

The reaction of the bicyclic cryptand 1,4,7,10,13,16,21,24-octaazabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosan-5,6,14,15,22,23-hexone (1) with copper(II) leads to the dinuclear complex {1,10-bis(2-aminoethyl)-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaazacyclooctadecane-5,6,14,15-tetronato(4-)}dicopper(II) (2).